President-elect Obama announces Economic Recovery Advisory Board in Chicago
President-elect Barack Obama (L) stands with University of Chicago economist Austan Goolsbee as he announces the creation of the president's Economic Recovery Advisory Board during a news conference on November 26, 2008 in Chicago. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who preceded Alan Greenspan as Fed chair from August 1979 to 1987, will head up Obama's new advisory board and Goolsbee will serve as the board's staff director and chief economist. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- President Obama announced Monday that Alan Krueger was his choice to succeed Austan Goolsbee to lead the Council of Economic Advisers.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- The Commerce Department said Friday the U.S. real gross domestic product in the second quarter rose at an annual rate of 1.3 percent.
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- President's Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Austan Goolsbee is leaving to return to teaching at the University of Chicago, the White House said Monday.
WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- A top Obama administration economist said Sunday people should not jump to conclusions over the monthly U.S. jobs reports that have become political fodder.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- One of President Obama's top economic advisers warned Sunday Congress risks a calamity if it refuses to approve raising the national debt ceiling this year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A top White House economic adviser said Sunday the tax package, despite "bitter pills," will help revive the economy and reduce unemployment.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A top U.S. administration economic official is being investigated for allegedly snooping into a private company run by politically conservative billionaires.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- A top economic adviser to President Barack Obama Sunday said U.S. unemployment will stay high for a while.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said he espouses a banking system that separates commercial and investment banking.
WASHINGTON, June 7 (UPI) -- An adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama says General Motors Corp.'s government-engineered bankruptcy does not benefit union workers over other stakeholders.
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